DEA Sued For Allegedly Hiding Emails With Anti-Marijuana Group
Attorney Matt Zorn is suing the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for failing to release records related to its communications with Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), an anti-cannabis group.
This lawsuit, filed November 28, seeks to compel the DEA to produce these records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), reported Marijuana Moment.
The request came just days before hearings on cannabis rescheduling got underway on December 2 at DEA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.
Zorn argues that the DEA broke public records laws by not responding to his FOIA request made on October 29.
The law requires agencies to …